What's in a Prague street name

Podolská was built in 1906.

In 1222, the royal chapter at Vyšehrad (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/24/prague-2-day-94-k-rotunde/ for a little bit on that) published its founding charter. This mentioned that the chapter owned a court at Podolí – and makes it the oldest written mention of Podolí that we have.

The settlement had its own church, (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/07/10/prague-4-day-140-pod-vysehradem/, though it looks very different now) and was surrounded by vineyards.

In the 1300s, the people of Podolí were known for buying wood to be shipped up the Vltava to Prague (which Podolí was not yet part of). For more info, take a look at https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-121-na-vytoni/), just to the north.

During the Hussite Wars – see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/01/prague-4-day-21-na-vitezne-plani/ to find out what happened nearby in November 1420 – Podolí was devastated, and fell into the hands of the burghers of Prague until regained by the Chapter in the late 1400s.

In 1783 – when Podolí had a grand total of fifty residences – it expanded to include the nearby settlement of Dvorce (separate posts on that coming up soon).

Podolí became well known for its limestone mining – see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/17/prague-4-day-120-nad-cementarnou/ – its waterworks (coming up soon), and as a nice place to go for a day trip.

In the early 20th century, the Vyšehrad tunnel was built, as was the Podolí Embankment (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/07/05/prague-4-day-137-podolske-nabrezi/), and Podolí started to grow significantly. In 1922, it became part of Greater Prague.

Nowadays, Podolí has about 13,600 inhabitants – fewer than any of its three neighbouring districts – and 1,107 dwellings (also fewer, but it’s interesting that, Nusle, for example, has over 35,000 residents living at 1,440 addresses).

Obviously, Podolí has a lot of buildings worth mentioning, but I’ll keep quiet-ish about those as they fit better into other posts.